Professor Paul May

Research, Teaching & Admin

Research

• CVD Diamond Films
• The WWW and its Use in Teaching
• Animated molecular vibrations
• The Molecule of the Month webpage

• Dry Etching of Semiconductors
• Sputtering of Interstellar Grains

Teaching

(Note: most of these links will be University of Bristol access only or require a password.)

Current Courses

• Level 1 - Chemical Characterisation - Introduction to Energy Levels and Spectroscopy.
• Level 1 - Materials Chemistry - The Material World - Carbon-based Materials.
• Level 2 - Core - Molecular Order and Disorder
• Level 2 - Option - Chemical Statistical Mechanics
• Level 3/4 - Surface Chemistry.
• Postgraduate Lectures on Vacuum Science and Technology
• DTC Postgraduate Lectures on CVD diamond
• Animations of molecular movement on the web

Previous Courses

• Chemistry 1S - Basic Calculus for Chemists
  (1st year, 10 lecture module). Lecture notes and tutorial Qs and As. (No longer running)
• Chemical Energy II
  (2nd year, 6 lecture module), including self-assessment MCQs and long answers Qs. (No longer running)
• MSc Physics Module in Advanced Semiconductor Processing (No longer running)
• Level II PCPC questionsheet (and answers) on Further Differentiation (Word document) (No longer running)
• Level II PCPC questionsheet (and answers) on Partial Differentiation (Word document) (No longer running)

Howlers

• Howlers 1997-8
• Howlers 1998-9
• Howlers 1999-2000
• Howlers 2000-2001
• Howlers 2001-2002
• Howlers 2002-2003
• Howlers 2003-2004
• Howlers 2004-2005
• Howlers 2005-2006
• Howlers 2006-2007
• Howlers 2007-2008
• Howlers 2008-2009
• Howlers 2009-2010
• Howlers 2010-2011

• Book: 'Molecules with Silly or Unusual Names', by Paul May, published by Imperial College Press, July 2008,
  available at all good bookstores, price around £18, or you can buy it online from World Scientific or Amazon.

Admin

• School of Chemistry Webmaster
• Guide to creating your own web pages on the local web server (Bristol Chemistry only)
• Rough Guide to HTML - how to write HTML documents for making your own WWW pages.
• First Aiders in the Chemistry Dept